Approximately 40% of the U.S. paper currency in circulation was counterfeit by the end of the Civil War.
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Recently, archaeologists excavating in the old medieval town of Odense in Denmark uncovered 700-year-old barrels of poop - and, to their surprise, they still smelt.
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There’s a Swedish power metal band called “Sabaton” who teach history through their music, including an album devoted to teaching about World War Two.
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Ancient Greeks believed that redheads turned into vampires after they died.
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In 1897, Bayer, who is the maker of Aspirin, marketed the drug heroin.
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In medieval Italy, if a man was caught kissing a woman in public, he had to marry her whether he liked it or not.
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In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.
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